Poésies de Anacréon
1885, Early Edition. Paris : Jouaust, Librairie des Bibliophiles. Near fine copy finely bound in half red leather over foliate boards, with raised bands to the gilt-tooled spine. Endbands slightly rubbed. Prelims show a suggestion only of foxing, with a small nick to t.p. upper margin. Top-edge gilt, with text block remaining tight, bright and clean. Original wrappers bound in; a well-preserved example overall. Notes; from a limited edition of 50 copies printed on papier de Chine. Item #465701
Physical description; XXXI, 179 pages ;18 cm. Notes; Nouvellement traduites et accompagnées d'une préface par Maurice Albert. Compositions d'Emile Lévy. Gravées à l'eau-forte par Champollion. Dessins de Giacomelli. Gravés sur bois par Rouget. Subjects; Greek poetry. French translation. 19th century. Illustrated. Etchings. Wood engravings.
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